The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03

The thief ran off without being seen,
but Mr.. Mcneil recovered the fat shoat
and was forced to have fresh meat at
his house. ~..ul.: ~ >t%
Durham Recorder: The Durham To-
bacce Board of Trade has re-organized
under favorable circumstances.--
There is a man near the Durham and
Person county lines, sixty-eight years
old, who burns candles, never rode on
the train, raises all his meat and bread,
never had a doctor at bis house, has
ten children and all of them girls.
Goldsboro Argus: We learn that on
last Thursday night some parties went
to the home of Mr.. Cattle Holland,
who lives in the country near Edger-
tons store, and stole from him a horse,
a mule, a cart and a bale of cotton, and
the old man, who is a little deaf, says
that he thinks they would have taken
him to drive, only that he was hard to
wake.
Greenville Reflector: We are sorry
to hear that the infant child of Mr.. G.
V. Newton, of Falkland township, was
accidentally choked to death Monday
evening", The child was in the cradle,
and the mother, in pursuit of some
household duty, stepped out for a mo-
ment and on. her return found the
child had, in attempting to get out of
it's cradle, become entangled in the bed
clothing and choaked to death. r
Reidsville Democrat: The President
paid the R. & D. R. R. Co. $500 for
transporting the party over their lines.
We hear that Messrs. j. H.
Walker & Co. have decided to erect a
large patent roller Touring mill in
Reidsville. Work on the building will
probably commence in 80 days.
A farmers institute for this county
will be held at Wentworth Thursday
and Friday of next week. Addresses
will be delivered by Coils. Richardson
and Polk of Raleigh, and some of u
own farmers. The meeting will be an
interesting n and a big crowd will
be present.
State Chronicle: Owen Manning, a
very desperate criminal in the peniten-
tiary, was shot to-day Thursday. Last
Monday night, at r~oll-call, he was
missing. A dilligent search was at
once instituted and an extra force of
guard was put on duty. This morn
ing he was found concealed under
some plank in the new building.
Upon being found, he jumped and ran.
had a ladder and carried it with
him. A volley of buck shot was fired
at him; he was hit, but it did not i'm
pede his progress. Upon reaching the
lower wall in front, he threw the lad
der against it and was over the wall in
an instant. He started up the railroad,
but had gotten not more than a hun
dred yards when a ball from a Win
chester downed him. He can't posi-
bly, live. Later:-He died at 1890
p. m. on Thursday, 81.
Raleigh News and Observer: Yet an
other and perhaps the most important
and interesting of all is the exhibit of
the Acme Manufacturing Company, of
Wilmington. This is a lot of pine
wool carpeting of beautiful design,
manufactured wholly from pine straw
gathered from under the pines of North
Carolina. There are possibly more
good points and qualities in this arti-
Gle than in any other manufactured in
the United States. First the factory
in Wilmington is the only one in the
world. The product is as hondsome
as any carpet mating manufactured in
creation and is far cheaper. There is
no danger from it by fire. It Will not
burn from the dropping of a match,
cigar or pine ashes or the popping of
a coal from the CRATE or fire place. 1t
is impervious to insects of every kind.
These house pets positively cannot live
where it is used
The Fayetteville Observer says that
j. B. Underwood of Fayetteville
has invented a machine which holds
about SO packages of cigarettes, about
Is of each kind, which are delivered
to the customer who places a nickle in
the opening. You may put a cent or
a dime in the box, but it will not re-
spond; the crank will only revolve the
machine with a matchmaking more
nothing less. 1t is to be used in
hotels, drug stores, &c. No clerk is
needed to sell eigarettes.-Durham
will be ahead. Mr.. A. N. Butts even
guessed the exact numhor Of sood in q